Hunsdon

14°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 10° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:30

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 75% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Drugs1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

191 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (5 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Roydon (3.9 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£460,778 average▲ 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,519 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,076
• 2 bed £1,370
• 3 bed £1,657

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Teva UK LTD (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 307 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 68,050)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

91 schools · 33,200 pupils

62 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 32 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

81inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hertfordshire

1,172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices170
• Dentists295
• Homecare agencies329
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• In a conservation area (Hunsdon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 76 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Dean

Labour

Hertford and Stortford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 14
• LD 10
• Grn 16
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £37,157 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£961 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,888 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,645 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 8% · Imports 5%

243 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertford and Stortford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership433 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s432 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test427 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership319 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Church of St Mary, Gilston · 2.2 km

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